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We've got to survive natural disasters as well as age-related diseases
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Beating nature at biology doesn't mean you'll still be able to live forever if a the ground opens up, buildings collapse on top of you, you're buried under hot ash or you're swept away by a wall of water. Will we one day be able to prevent natural disasters, who knows? Maybe increased earth monitoring we'll be able predict when its coming and get out of the way, or we'll even have personal survival suits like those developed for off-piste skiers - super advanced ones that throw an unbreakable shell around you when disaster strikes... but those are a long way off.
For now, we'll just keep track of some of the major natural disasters that hit our planet as a reminder that health and physical improvements are only part of the picture - if you're living forever eventually nature is going to strike you.
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The Search for the Million Megaton Menace That Threatens Life on Earth, written by Duncan Steel
William E. Burrows presents a realistic, workable plan for defusing a potentially lethal threat from a rogue asteroid or comet
Center for computing asteroid and comet orbits and their probability of Earth impact
Planetary defense mechanism demonstration and test to be carried out in 2021
Humanitarian, non-governmental organisation that protects the rights of people affected by displacement.
Non-profit organization that seeks to raise awareness of global catastrophic risk.
We've got to survive natural disasters as well as age-related diseases
BBC - 28-Jun-2020
Space objects aren't in lockdown so glad someone is still keeping any eye out for existential risks
Read more...SYFY Wire - 16-Apr-2020
Threat of asteroid collision is real - who wants to be wiped out like the dinosaurs?
Read more...Interesting Engineering - 30-Mar-2020
We humans definitely don't want to end up like Dinosaurs did!
Read more...Independent - 20-Sep-2019
Have you got your go bag ready in case of an unexpected disaster?
Read more...BBC - 18-Mar-2019
This would have caused damage over a populated city
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